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[quote=Anonymous]My dear friend received a similar diagnosis for her son and spent years and literally tens of thousands of dollars on doctors who prescribed these kinds of treatment.  It started with diet and "leaky gut" and went from there to heavy metals, chelation, the whole thing.  Every new trend in therapy and treatment, she did.  His extremely restrictive diet created social challenges for him that compounded the social challenges he already had, and put a stress on the family.

In reality, he has CP and cognitive delays from brain damage at birth -- everyone knew this but she was so desperate to do something that could help or change him that she listened to doctors who took her money and offered her unproven "solutions" in return.

Now they are virtually bankrupt and seriously in debt, with no way to create the kind of trust he's going to need to help support him in his adult life.

My friend is wonderful and loving and very very smart.  She's an amazing mom and would do anything for her son.  But I think her story is a cautionary tale, and I think of her whenever I see a post like OP's.[/quote]

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